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The focus is on motivationally based brief interventions that can be delivered in a variety of contexts, that address key developmental considerations, and that draw on cuttingedge knowledge on addictive behavior change. Piotrowski, phd, harold abel school of psychology, capella university. References and resources for substance abuse and mental health 1. Substance abuse is a reality for women in your church, but so is hope for recovery. Proceedings of the 56th annual scientific meeting, the college on problems of drug dependence, inc, by. Psychoactive substance use can lead to dependence syndrome a cluster of behavioural, cognitive, and physiological phenomena that develop after repeated substance use and that typically include a strong desire to take the drug, difficulties in controlling its use, persisting. Executive summary and recommendations substance abuse. The book itself is written well, easy to understand and pages are good quality, however most of this information you can find from other books or the internet if you know how to do a proper research. These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue. Child abuse and neglect pose an increasingly recognized and serious threat to the nations children. All publications az national institute on drug abuse.
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